Ace is roughed up for six runs but Wigginton caps comeback with sacrifice line drive.

PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Manuel was asked before Monday's game to sum up how much the Phillies missed Roy Halladay while he was out for more than seven weeks with a right lat strain.

"I think if you go back and look you'd see how much we missed him," Manuel said. "Is it fair to say it like that? I mean, I'm trying to find a way to say it."

Problem is Halladay didn't pitch on Monday like a guy the Phillies missed, and heading into the bottom of the ninth, everything was in place for him — after allowing a season-high six runs in six innings — to be charged with a loss.

Then the Phillies did something they haven't done all season: They mounted a ninth-inning, four-run rally to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 at Citizens Bank Park.

Prior to Monday's victory, the Phillies' largest, come-from-behind win was by three runs. The victory also marked the first time all year they won a game when trailing after eight innings. They are now 1-42 in those situations.

"The bullpen did a great job, and getting some of those runs and walking off in the ninth inning wasn't an easy task," Halladay said. "It shows a lot of life, and that's something we haven't done a lot of this year, coming back, especially from a deficit like that."

Halladay just hopes that Monday's victory, coupled with the Phillies' dramatic, 4-3 win in 12 innings on Sunday, is enough to convince members of the front office that this team has a pulse.

"Hopefully upstairs they see that," he said. "We want to keep our team together. We want them to feel like we have a chance to win."

The Phillies used three walks, two singles and then Ty Wigginton's walk-off sacrifice fly to give them the win.

Ryan Howard had a big hit in the frenzy. His two-run single on a 0-2 pitch made it 6-5. Carlos Ruiz's base hit tied things up before Wigginton's heroics had players celebrating on the field.

It was a special moment for both Erik Kratz and Joe Savery.

Kratz, the Phillies' backup catcher with Brian Schneider on the disabled list, pinch ran for Howard once he got to third base. He took off and belly-flopped into home on Wigginton liner to left-center.

"Get in there anyway that I could. That was the game plan," said Kratz, who started stretching only minutes before he was on the base paths. "It's been a while [since I dove head-first]. I dive a lot into second base when I steal all those bases."

For Savery, it was his first major league win.

Halladay hadn't allowed six runs in a start since April 19, 2011, when the Brewers scored six off him in the Phillies' 9-0 loss.

The concerns arise not only because of the results, but because Halladay's velocity was down, something that's been on everyone's radar since it was first noted during spring training.

And it begs the question: Is he still hurting?

"I feel good. The results aren't what I want. The execution really isn't what I want," Halladay said. "It's extremely frustrating. I understand that I haven't had a lot of time back on the mound, but I expect more. I expect to go out and compete better than that, and I feel like I can. It's just a matter of consistency and getting the feel for things. I feel like I should be getting better results, and I think sometimes you do get ahead of yourself. I expect to be better than that."

The first inning was telling, and it only got worse from there.

Halladay hit the second batter he faced and allowed two first-inning runs. The Phillies answered and tied things up thanks to solo homers by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, which got Citizens Bank Park rockin'.

Halladay responded with a shutdown inning, but the Brewers added one more in the third on two hits before the big blow in the fourth.

After retiring the first two hitters he faced, opposing pitcher and ex-Phillie Randy Wolf singled. Norichika Aoki followed with a base hit, which set the stage for Carlos Gomez. The two-hole hitter drilled Halladay's first offering out for his fourth homer of the year, giving the Brewers a 6-2 lead.

It was the seventh home run Halladay has allowed this year (12th start). Last year, it took him 15 starts to surrender seven home runs.

Halladay was pulled after six innings and 92 pitches, and was on the hook for the loss.

"It was seven weeks and you're off the mound eight or nine times since then," he said. "If I didn't feel as good as I do, I would definitely be a little more cautious. But as good as I feel, I feel like I can go out there and compete. And I don't see why I can't. It's just a matter of being consistent. It's a matter of feel. I'm sure there is rust. But I feel I can compete better than that."

The Phillies added one run in the seventh to make it a three-run game, but they should have had more. They had the bases loaded with one out for Howard, who struck out looking. Then Ruiz did the same thing.

Dingers: Brian Schneider is playing in a rehab game on Tuesday, his first, for Single-A Clearwater.